The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26
THE AIRLINE DISASTER.
COLLISION OF A PASSENGER AND A
FREIGur TRAIN NEAR GREE's.
Three Killed end Ten Injured. The Enyin-
eer Conductor of tho Freight
Rocklessly Disregard Orders.


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On Thursday morning all kind. of
dreadful ri nors of "a fearful! collision on
INC AIRLINE near Grecnvillc, reached
this place. The reports Of killed and
passengers ran from $50 per-
sons, down to the actual number, and
not until Friday, when II definite ac-
count was given in tho G~rccnyilic No,rs.
did II people know what to believe.
from the News, We gather tho following
particulars:
Inc Passenger train from Atlanta.
crowded with returning cxcursionists
arrived in G~rcenNillc four hours and
twenty-five minutes late. Orders woro
sent TO all trains on the road to put back
mo schedule four hours and twenty
minutes. When tho passenger train
had Como within two miles and ahnlfof
Grccr's Station it met the South bound
Freight. They mo on II long stretch of
uoWh grade, followed by II long curvo.
IL was here the collision occurred. Tho
hugo locomotives were completely shat
tered; tire" ears of the freight train
wc'c dcmol shed and their contents
scattered over the ground to be burned
IN the fire which immediately set i'm.
BaSSagL and Mail coaches of tho
passenger train were also telcscopcd.
inc rout of tho express having been
forced hall way into tb" rear oftho Mail
car. with tho mass OF shattered tim
bers' the two could scarcely DO distin-
guisnod. In the Mail car, wcro sheriff
Glenn of York coInty, and two Young
men. ItDnfn AunntS hy .l w.,
son OF Atlanta and Killian of
IN me express, were Messenger Erwin,
MS brother, two sisters and cousin Mrs
Mcdowell OF Ashyillc.
TIE DEAD y INJURED.
The death of Mrs Med well was tho
most horrible feature OF the disaster.
she was returning from the exposition
mt Atlanta, to her husband and five
children Mt AShvlllc. The body of the
Unfortunate lady was cut completely in
IVAN, tho lower limbs being found on
The track below II Tho upper portion
ottho body remaining among tic debris
OF the car. Her death must have bscn
instantaneous.
Robert +. Wall, of Charlotte, n. c.,
engineer passenger train, killed.
j Il. Webster, OF CoiumbuS, Georgia,
brennan Of freight, died from injuries.
J.B. Erwin, of Asiville, y. c., frac-
turc of left leg, and right foot crushed
and manglod. His condition was con-
idcrcd serious last night.
Miss Mary Erwin, Miss Nannio Err
WIN ana Willie Erwin of Asivillc, y. G,
and Miss b. +. Qninu, of Washington,
slight but painful injuries.
5. NJ. Dykcman, of Atlanta, mail route
agent, injured back and wounded hand.
w. II. Wilson, Of Atlanta, mail route
agent. slight injuries.
Jas killian, of G~recnyillc, mai! route
agent, injured in spine, with cash on
face and bruises.
Ed. Parncll, of Charlotte, y. c., fire
man Of passenger, scaldcd in face and
about head aud shoulders, with painful
bruises.
Philip Black, co,crcd, of C~ha.lotto n.
c., trainmdn ON f. eight, conclusion OF
brain.
This negro Black was on top or n
freight cMi when c saw tho Passenger
train moving in sight, but a few yards
away, ho called the engineer, put on
bNtN wv llcl SlTtttllfu nlI1lStII on
the car, holding ou.lo q plank. IIo il
the only eye witness to the disaster and
says that as soon as he knew anything
aftcr tho collision, lo saw Engineer
Harris and Conductor Rcvillo talking
together beside the train. IIo beloved
the engineer had jumped of before the
collision, as he was not hurt at nll. AZ
ter talking II few moments, they both
disappeared, he know not where. Black
told his story in n straightforward man
ncr, and it was verified in part by the
fact that the brakes were on tight on ono
Of tho cars as he had said. At any rate
they have not been heard of since.
The mail in tho wreck postal car was
pretty thoroughly destroyed, as wore
also many ofthc packages in tho ex
press car, and n great deal OF tho freight
scatter ed broadcast from the wrecked
freight cars,